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No. 528,601. Patented NOV. 6, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

MORRIS F. KOENIG, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE BARBER-KOENIG MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING COATS, VESTS, 8 .0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 528,601, dated November 6, 1894.

Application filed November 3, 1893. Serial lilo-490,380. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS F. KOENIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Devices for Supporting Goats, Vests, and Pantaloons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for supporting coats, vests and the like, of that class in which the hanger is formed of wire and comprises a bow portion and means for suspending the same.

It has for its object among others to provide an improved device of this character which shall be strong and durable and whichshall have a novel form of construction in that the portion by which the hanger is designed to be supported is made with an offset which serves to keep the hanger proper from the wall and the parallel wires thereof serve to supporta plate upon which may be placed any desired advertisement, and this plate,in turn, serves to stiffen and strengthen the suspending portion. This offset therefore serves a double purpose. The hanger is preferably formed of a single piece of wire which may begiven the desired shape bysuitable devices or mechanism which forms no part of this invention. The peculiar construction of the suspension portion afiords greater elasticity. It further provides a space for the reception of the collar of a coat as the latter is supported on the hanger.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 isa perspective View of the improved hanger. Fig.2 is an enlarged face view of the upper portion. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out the invention the device is preferably formed of a single piece of wire which is bent to form the yoke or arch p]:- tion a of double wire preferablybow-shaped where the ends are shown as twisted around the said bow-shaped portions. One strand or portion of each of the bows is bent at rlght angles as seen at b and thence bent hor1zontally to form the bar e and the other one 1s likewise bent at d to form the substantially parallel bar 0 and these two are bent at f and g respectively to form the parallel vertical arms h and 'iwhich are bent forward at their upper ends to form the parallel arms is and Z which are in the same plane as the bars e and c as seen best in Fig. 3 and then they are extended upward and formed with a 0011 m which is substantially in the plane with the central portion of the arched portionas seen best in Fig. 3.

The two arms hand t' are held rigidly at their proper distance apart by a plate B whlch has its edges bent around the said arms as shown, and upon this plate may be placed any desired advertisement or other matter. This plateserves to stifien the hanger and forms a flat bearing against the wall to prevent wabbling of the hanger when used in that position, and the offset formed by the peculiarconstruction of this upper portlon provides a space to receive the collar of a coat when supported on the arched portion.

What is claimed as new is A garment hanger formed of a single piece of wire bent at its center to form a suspending portion from which extend vertical, parallel arms merging into horizontal arms, the adjacent, vertical arms in a different vertical plane from the suspending portion and with horizontal armsparallel with the upper horizontal arms and terminating in an arched supporting portion in substantially the same vertical plane as the suspending portion and a plate secured to the vertical parallel arm between the upper and lower horizontal arms, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS F. KOENIG. Witnesses:

R. RAYMOND JONES, HENRY PLATT. 

